It's not your average science fair when the 16-year-old winner manages to solve a global waste crisis. But such was the case at last month's Canadian Science Fair in Waterloo, Ontario, where Daniel Burd...able to achieve a 43 percent degradation of plastic in six weeks, an almost inconceivable accomplishment. Read more about Daniel's research here and more about the attention it has garnered here

From change.org : Invent Your World Winners View more Microsoft Word documents from Youth Venture . At the tender age of 9, Javier Fernández-Han found his calling: design for the other 90...of the system. Versatile System View more Microsoft Word documents from Youth Venture . This kid is only fifteen . Wow. Talk about decreasing world suck. Awesome. Way to go, Javier

I planted my garden containers with miniature tomatoes. They are already noticeably thriving after a mere week and a half. The hanging baskets on the porch look great. The hostas look lovely in the front...light from it is so bright that it illuminates my whole life with happiness and wonder. I love being alive. I love my life and my family. Right now, this moment, I am perfectly, exquisitely happy.

It's a cover of Bob Marley’s "War/No More Trouble." ( moony , take note: this one includes Bono of U2!) I probably have to get their CD/DVD release "Playing For Change: Peace Through Music," which came out on April 28 (my birthday!).

This caught my eye on Twitter today, a post by John Green (of the Vlog Brothers fame, the two guys who came up with the term "Decrease Worldsuck"): realjohngreen : Everyone should follow Shawn Ahmed..., where they talk about taking the money contributed to make a tangible difference in a child's life. I also really appreciated Shawn's attempt to teach the children how to do the Nerdfighters salute

Only three people on the entirety of Livejournal have " decreasing worldsuck " listed as an interest on their profile page. (I'm one of 'em.) None have "decrease worldsuck." We'll have to do something...added it as a tag! Edited to add : Ah, more. These list " decreasing world suck " and these list " decrease world suck ." I guess we should settle on proper spelling to get everyone in one place

I took the day off to work on a specific task and, with Richard's help, actually got it done. Let's hear it for small victories. The task was to get rid of a bunch of stuff. But gracefully, in such a...well-organized warehouses and recycle 100,000 items per year. I think the same guy, now in his 80's, is still running the place. Hey, pegkerr , today I get to use a Decrease Worldsuck tag too

Entries which talk about the Decrease Worldsuck project as a whole, or about what other people or organizations are doing will be tagged decrease worldsuck">. Entries where I talk about what I did personally and specifically that day to make the world a better place will be tagged dsw report .

What sets the new generation of social entrepreneurs apart? Here's an interesting inverview with a sustainable business consultant and three entrepreneurs motivated by environmental concerns and social...in the developing world. Stephanie Bernstein, founder and CEO of To-Go Ware which makes re-usable food and beverage containers and other products. [see yesterday's Decrease Worldsuck report

Not sure if I've mentioned it before, but pegkerr is working on a great project this year -- doing something every day to Decrease Worldsuck . One month into the project for 2009, she posted...others -- some of my colleagues are already interested in learning how to grow veggies in the city, so we're going to learn together. Thanks for your inspiration, example, and constant encouragement